Bernal Jiménez, Miguel

Life

Born: February 16, 1910, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico

Died: July 26, 1956, New Orleans

Biography

He began his musical career at the age of seven as choir-boy in the Orfeón Pío X, studying in the Colegio de Infantes de la Catedral. Admitted in 1928 to the Instituto Pontificio de Música Sagrada (Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music) of Rome, where he studied under Cesare Dobici, Raffaele Manari, Raffaele Casimiri, Paolo M. Ferretti, and Licinio Refice. In 1933, director of the Escuela Superior de Música Sagrada (Sacred Music High School) of Morelia, where he served for 20 years. 1939, founded Schola Cantorum magazine. 1944 he organized and directed the Coro de los Niños Cantores de Morelia.n 1945 he became director of the Conservatorio de las Rosas.He was dean of the College of Music of the Loyola University New Orleans until his death in 1956 due to a heart attack.

List of sacred works

• Maitines de la Asuncion : para tres voces mixtas y organo.Patzcuaro : [publisher not identified], 1949.

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